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Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed the reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi having talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif about Dawood Ibrahim. The news surfaced after a web portal Newsmobile.in revealed tapes of Dawood Ibrahim's conversation thereby getting him traced by international agencies in Pakistan. Singh said that he has not said anything like this and that the news running is untrue and he has not idea from where the news surfaced.Dec 27, 2014

Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday while speaking at a program of Mahila Vishwa Vidyalaya in Lucknow said that an educated woman not only educated her family but also educates the society. Singh extended his greetings to Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai for showing tremendous courage and fighting for women's right to education. Singh added that in the wake of unfortunate acid attacks, he has directed online monitoring on sale of acid.Dec 27, 2014

Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday sought fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's extradition after a tape claimed his presence in Karachi. Tapes broadcast by news website newsmobile.in alleged that Dawood, accused of being involved in 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, was running and expanding his business empire from his hideout. India has claimed that Pakistan continues to provide safe haven to suspected Dawood Ibrahim to further its proxy war but Pakistan denies it. In the tapes, Dawood is allegedly talking to his key associates Javed who manages his real estate business in Dubai in upscale areas.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Health Minister JP Nadda said on Saturday there was no need to panic after the death of a woman due to swine flu in New Delhi. Nadda said the hospitals were equipped to handle swine flu cases.The 51-year-old woman, who hailed from Ghaziabad city in Uttar Pradesh, was admitted to a local hospital after she complained of fever and cold. She was later tested positive for swine flu. Swine flu is caused by the H1N1 virus. H1N1 symptoms are similar to those produced by other influenza viruses - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches and respiratory problems.According to the Directorate of Health Services, six cases of swine flu have been reported in the national capital and its neighbouring region till now this month.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is set to take part in a tea-party on Saturday to collect funds for the party, has challenged the BJP to disclose the source of its funding. The AAP has organized a tea-party at Safdarjung Enclave to raise funds ahead of the Delhi assembly elections. The party has claimed that all its supporters and believers of clean politics, who don't want black money in politics, are coming forward to help raise funds. The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, took a jibe at Kejriwal's fund raising tea-party by calling it 'chai pe kharcha'.Dec 27, 2014

West Bengal, Dec 27 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited Balapara and Changmari relief camps in the state and distributed warm clothes to Adivasis from violence hit Kokrajhar who have sought shelter there. Banerjee talked to the people and took stock of the facilities being provided to the dwellers. According to party sources, a total of 750 people are living in both camps and about 200 of them are children. Banerjee said that these people are victims of circumstances and need help by the government and others.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): BJP on Saturday launched a
calendar for the year 2015 featuring Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Party President Amit Shah launched the
calendar at BJP office in New Delhi. Talking about the
same, party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that this is
a new initiative by the youth leadership of the party and
represents 365 days of Modi in government with 365
pictures of the prime minister. He said that this is a
new concept brought in and will prove to be an
inspiration for youth and public.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi/ Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Different faiths on Saturday condemned Bajrang Dal for introducing 'Bahu lao-Beti bachao' ideology and said that the nation will not accept such communalism in any way. Father Dominic said that Bajrang Dal and VHP has no work other than creating communal tensions and that they are trying to take away freedom of people. He also said that these groups should be made to understand that India is not a fascist state and such things will not be tolerated. Meanwhile, Muslim cleric and Shahi Imam also condemned the same and said that such issues are degrading BJP. He also said that the government is trying to divert attention of the people from real issues.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Security Experts on Saturday said that there is a need for international community to mount pressure on Pakistan to hand over Dawood Ibrahim. Underworld don and the man who tops India's most wanted list Dawood Ibrahim has been caught on tape by a western intelligence agency. The agency has claimed to have recorded a telephonic conversation involving the underworld don, the location of which has been traced to Clifton suburb in Pakistan's Karachi. In the recording, Dawood seems to be having a conversation with someone in Dubai regarding a property deal. Security Experts said that Pakistan ha been lying in the matter since long and said that Indian government should pressurize US and other international organizations to force Pak to hand over Ibrahim to India.Dec 27, 2014

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Political leaders in India on Saturday lashed out at Pakistan government for 'sheltering Dawood Ibrahim' even as international Intelligence agencies traced Ibrahim's location in Pakistan. Dawood continues to run a flourishing syndicate from his safe havens in Pakistan, however, the nation has denied his presence in the country for years. Through tapes procured from western diplomatic sources, it is established that Dawood is running his business empire with impunity and the billions he makes are being spent in terror operations around the globe. Different political parties in India came together to demand an answer from Pakistan on the same. However, Congress' Manish Tewari said that the ruling BJP government should now take tough actions to bring back Ibrahim to India.Dec 27, 2014

Patna, Dec 27 (ANI): Four JD (U) MLAs have been disqualified for indulging in ‘anti-party activities’ on Saturday. The disqualified Bihar MLAs are Ajit Kumar who was elected from Kanti, Suresh Chanchal from Sakra, Poonam Devi from Deegha and Raju Kumar Singh from Sohebganj. The order was passed by Bihar Legislative Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary while citing anti-defection law. The MLAs, however, alleged that the proceedings were unlawful and that they will go to higher courts and appeal.Dec 27, 2014

Gurgaon, Dec 27 (ANI): Newsmobile.in which revealed tapes of Dawood Ibrahim’s conversation thereby getting him traced by international agencies in Pakistan, said that different nations should now come together and mount pressure on Pakistan to act. While Pakistan continues to deny the whereabouts of Dawood, based on months of surveillance mounted on the underworld don, Islamabad's lie has been nailed. The company’s Editor-in-Chief Saurabh Shukla said that this is not the first time that Pakistan has made false claims and has kept a terrorist secured. He also appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk to US President Barack Obama on his India visit on 26th January and ask him to pressurize Pakistan.Dec 27, 2014